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Lake Limpet

Acroloxus lacustris

1,053Records since 2000
MayPeak month
52Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb9
Mar60
Apr161
May223
Jun162
Jul98
Aug64
Sep91
Oct63
Nov39
Dec50

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Lothian Scotland107
2Norfolk England89
3City of Edinburgh Scotland75
4Falkirk Scotland42
5Worcestershire England36
6East Riding of Yorkshire England34
7Suffolk England33
8Isle of Anglesey Wales28
9Surrey England26
10Somerset England26
11Cambridgeshire England24
12Kent England20
13Glasgow City Scotland20
14East Dunbartonshire Scotland19
15Essex England15
646 England293 Scotland97 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,053
Peak month
May
Counties with records
52
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Acroloxus lacustris
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,045
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Acroloxidae
Genus
Acroloxus
Name with authority
Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q689003 · GBIF 4359157